Featured Summer Programs, Jobs and Multimedia Resources
Welcome to your weekly UHM CSEAS announcement! This last week, we received the most visits to our website since our launch. Stay tuned for podcasts from this semester's speaker series, including last week's Red Shirts panel discussion. Also, check out our brand new GoodReads bookshelf and GrooveSharks player! You can suggest a book or request a song at cseas@hawaii.edu or contact us here.
In this issue: summer programs, jobs, and multimedia resources. For more information, visit us online at the new cseashawaii.com.
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Featured Events
Hawaiʻi
 Congrats to Henry Cheng -
2010 Luce Foundation Fellow
Henry Luce Foundation, in partnership with the Asia Foundation
Henry Cheng, a 2009 UH Mānoa biological engineering graduate and former
UH Regents Scholar, was recently awarded a scholarship from the Luce
Scholars Program, a prestigious and nationally competitive fellowship
program. Although UH Mānoa is not a nominating institution, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), a participating institution where Cheng
conducted research, nominated him. His year-long internship placement at Chulalongkorn University in
Thailand will allow him to work on pandemic preparedness projects... more info
 Honolulu Filipino Film Festival
Sponsored by the Philippine Medical Association of Hawai'i
Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu, HI
Through Friday, 30 April 2010
The
2nd Honolulu Filipino Film Festival wraps this week with the Hawai'i
premiere of BIG TIME and the HIFF fan favorite, DED NA SI LOLO (Grandpa
is Dead)... more info
 Research Seminar Program on Politics - From Syncretism to Arabization: the Changing Face
of Islam in Southeast Asia
Presented by Baladas Ghoshal, Visiting Fellow
John A. Burns Hall, Room
3012, Honolulu, HI
12:00pm,
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
A leading expert on Indonesian politics and society, Professor Ghoshal argues that the "globalization of political
Islam" could threaten stability throughout Southeast Asia and the
world.... more info
Research Brown Bag Seminar - The Law Is Not So Central: Reflections on Legal Pluralism and Equity in
Cambodia
Presented by Dr.
Sokbunthoeun So, World Bank Country Office in Cambodia
John A. Burns Hall Room 3012, Honolulu, HI
12:00pm, Wednesday, 5 May 2010
This seminar will explore the nature of legal pluralism in Cambodia;
the impacts of such a system particularly on the poor and vulnerable;
and what happens when 'development' encounters such a
system-interaction between a legally plural environment and projects or
other development modalities... more info
Around the World
Part of
the Journey into Buddhism Trilogy - Prajna
Earth (Dir. John Bush)
Presented
in conjunction with the Asia Society Museum exhibition Pilgrimage and Buddhist
Art, New York, NY, USA
6:45pm, Friday, 30 April 2010
Filmed
entirely on location in Southeast Asia, the second film of the Yatra Trilogy is
a stunning cinematic journey to the legendary temples of Angkor in Cambodia,
the spiritual sites of Bali, and finally the marvel of Buddhist Borobudur in
Java. Narrated by Sharon Stone, this screening of Prajna Earth will be introduced by the director... more info
Online - Fulbright Scholar Program Award and Guidance Informational Webinar
Gary L. Garrison, Assistant Director, Asia
Institute of International Education
10am EST, Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The competition for 2011-12 Fulbright Scholar awards is now open. Over 100 Fulbright research
awards are available across Asia, including 10 in Southeast Asia... more info
Joint Workshop - Indigenous
Peoples in Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands. New laws and discourses. New
realities?
Organised by Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies (CAPAS), Academica
Sinica, Taipei and International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden,
the NETHERLANDS
18 - 19
May 2010
This workshop seeks to discuss the present position of indigenous peoples in Southeast
Asian countries and the Pacific Islands from a legal and social
perspective, as well as discuss the region's indigenous peoples' movement from a sociological perspective... more info
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Educational Programs
44th
Annual Conference of
Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) - Sustaining
Asian Studies: Bridging Regions,
Cultures, and Disciplines
Location: Institute for Asian Studies and the Confucius Institute at
Portland State University, Portland,
Oregon, USA
18 - 20 June 18 - 20, 2010
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 1 May 2010
General: $100 - if received by May 1; $150 on and after May 2; Student: $ 35 - if received by May 1; $ 50 on and after May... more info
UH Summer Outreach College Course - Balinese Gamelan Ensemble (P10906)
Location: UH Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
5:30-6:20pm, 2 June - 14 July 2010 (MW)
Explore Balinese music through hands-on experience with the different instruments in a Gamelan ensemble. No musical background is required... more info
Human Trafficking: Power and Justice
School of Public Affairs, American University
Location: Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai, THAILAND
23 July - 8 August 2010
Deadline: 30 May 2010
Two academic, for-credit hybrid courses (taught online, on-site and in
the classroom) will be enhanced by additional lectures by local
academics, government officials, business leaders, NGO activists, and
other guest speakers... more info
Summer
Institute for Teachers on Genocide and Human Rights (Focus on Africa and
Southeast Asia)
Location: Northern
Illinois University
14 - 17 June 2010
Registration Deadline: 4 June 2010
By studying with some of the leading scholars and teachers in the
field of genocide, human rights, and violence, you will be better prepared to
offer instruction to your students and shape the next generation's efforts to
stop the violence. All K-16 educators are welcome to attend. Resource and
curriculum materials will focus on the middle/high school/community college
levels... more info
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Employment Opportunities
FEATURED: Associate or Full Professor (tenure-track) - Center for Philippine Studies
School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS), University of Hawai'i - Mānoa
Location: Honolulu, HI USA
Deadline: 3 May 2010
We seek a dynamic, visionary scholar and teacher in Philippine Studies... more info
Communication Manager
United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC)
Location: Jakarta, INDONESIA
Deadline: 15 May 2010
This position requires strong communication skills in Indonesian and English.
The assignment will be for up to 27 months and will commence in June 2010... more info
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Southeast Asian History, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
University
of Queensland
Location: St Lucia, AUSTRALIA
Deadline: 15 May 2010
The candidate should have wide expertise in
Asian history and be a specialist in Southeast Asian history and have an interest, at least at a
teaching level, in the history of the Middle East and the wider Islamic world... more info
Finance and Administrative Director
Volunteers in Asia (VIA)
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Anticipated Start Date: 15 June 2010
Deadline: 18 May 2010
The Finance and Administrative Director will provide oversight and leadership in financial management as well as oversees all activities pertaining to the financial management, administration and office information systems of VIA... more info
Southeast
Asian Art Curator
Rijksmuseum
Location: Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Deadline: 1 September 2010
This one-year to permanent-track position is responsible for the collection of art originating from both the islands
and mainland of Southeast Asia... more info
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Fellowships & Scholarships
Bridging Cultures Program
National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: 1 June 2010
The NEH is
offering grants of up to $250,000 to plan and
implement a forum and workshop on one of two themes: "Civility and Democracy"
or "The Muslim World and the Humanities"... more info
Richard Maass Research Grant
Manuscript Society
Deadline: 1 June 2010
The $5,000 grant is
named for Richard Maass, one of the society's founders, and is to be used for
expenses directly related to research using original manuscripts. Applicants
must be enrolled in an advanced degree program, with preference given to Ph.D.
students. For
details, e-mail George.Vogt@ohs.org.
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship Program
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Deadline: 2 August 2010
The core Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and
professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research
in a wide variety of academic and professional fields... more info
Teaching and Research Scholarships for U.S. Faculty and Professionals - Indonesia
American-Indonesian Educational Foundation (AMINEF) and Fulbright Scholar Program
Deadline: 2 August 2010
8 "All Disciplines" awards to teach, conduct
research, or a combination of the two in a fascinating multicultural and
multi-religious nation... contact mzdanovich@iie.org
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Call for Submissions
Ramayana Conference - Deadline Extended
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Northern Illinois University, in cooperation with Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the International Ramayana Institute of North America (IRINA)
Location: Northern Illinois University, IL, USA
Conference Dates: 17 - 19 September 2010
Deadline: 30 April 2010
This three-day conference will include presentations on
various themes and a Ramayana-based teacher workshop... more info
Burma
in the Era of Globalization
Institut de Recherche sur le Sud-Est Asiatique (IRSEA-CNRS), Ecole
francaise d'Extreme-Orient (EFEO), Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE-CNRS),
Institut national des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) and
Center for Burma Studies (NIU DeKalb)
Location: Marseilles,
FRANCE
Conference Dates: 6 - 9 July
2010
Deadline: 30 April 2010 (Registration)
Fees increase from 180 to 220 euros
after 30 April 2010. Panels
are posted online... more info
Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia,
1511-2011
Location: Singapore and Melaka
Conference
Dates: 23 - 30 September 2010
Deadline: 10 May 2010
In recognition of the half-millennium that has transpired since Afonso de Albuquerque's conquest of Melaka in 1511, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies issues this call for papers for a three-day interdisciplinary international conference of about 25 scholars
to explore the legacies and evolution of Portuguese and Luso-Asian peoples and communities in Southeast Asia over the past 500 years... more info
Modern Art Asia (August)
Deadline:
18 June 2010
Modern
Art Asia invites graduates working on the arts and material cultures of Asia
from the eighteenth century to the present to submit previously unpublished
papers of 4,500-10,000 words for peer-review. 'Asia' is broadly defined to
include Central, East, South and Southeast Asia, as well as Asia Pacific... more info
Changing
Ways of Life of Ethnicities in the Mekong Region
Mekong
Sub-region Social Research Center (MSSRC), Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ubon
Ratchathani University, Thailand
Location: THAILAND
Conference Dates: November 11-12, 2010
Deadline: 30 June 2010
Mekong scholars, existing ethnicity institutes, students and
policy makers discuss how the livelihoods or ways of life of
the ethnicities have been vulnerable to changes... more info
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SEA Resources
Exhibition + Performance
Exhibition Opening - Dialogue in the Dark
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, SINGAPORE
Opens 28 April 2010
Dialogue in the Dark (DiD) Singapore puts visitors in everyday
situations - except in complete darkness. Blind guides lead visitors through simulated
environments. In having to navigate darkened environments, they
also appreciate the value of effective communication and understand
those who see the world differently. Dialogue in the Dark
Singapore is an exclusive collaboration between Ngee Ann Polytechnic
(through Social Lab Ltd) and Dialogue Social Enterprise... more info
 Pandibulan: Bathing by Moonlight
La Mama Experimental Theatre, New York, NY
Through 30 April 2010
A Yakan woman from the
Philippines, half a world from home, dreams of tales from her youth as
she works as a caregiver to strangers in a foreign land. Performed by Kinding Sindaw, conceived,
choreographed and directed by Potri Ranka Manis... more info
 World Dance Day Celebration
Black Box, MAP Art Space
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
30 April 2010
Admission: RM20 for adults and RM10 for students
Dance performances are choreographed and
performed by seven of the region's most outstanding personalities in
the field of contemporary dance... more info
Online + Digital Media
Audio - Interview with Ernest Bower on Thailand (19 April 2010)
Ernest
Bower, Director of the CSIS Southeast Asia Program, was interviewed about the
unrest in Thailand and the possibilities for reconcilliation... listen
 Consultants for Indochina Research, Ltd Database
Based in Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
Associate Research Director Emiko Stock is currently updating an extensive consultant database for projects
that require a specific academic or research expertise... more info
 Network Myanmar
http://www.networkmyanmar.org
This informative site is run by the British ex-ambassador to
Vietnam and Thailand, Derek Tonkin... more info
 Digital Collection Draws From WGBH-Produced 13-part Series Vietnam: A Television History
The Vietnam Collection contains hours of rare archival footage and
in-depth interviews with key decision makers and veterans on both sides
of the Vietnam conflict. In a nod to history, the Vietnam Collection is
being made available on the 35th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon... more info
Publications
 Angkor: Sketches of an Ancient City
Gregory B. Bracken
Marshall Cavendish International Adult 2010 (September)
 Gender, Ritual and Social Formation in West Papua: A Configuration Analysis Comparing Kamoro and Asmat
Jan Pouwer
KITLV 2010
 Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia: Trial by Army
Louise Barnett
Routledge 2010
 Mekong Diaries: Viet Cong Drawings and Stories, 1964-1975
Sherry Buchanan
University of Chicago 2008
 Reframing Singapore: Memory - Identity - Trans-Regionalism
Derek Heng and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied, eds
University of Chicago 2009
Google book preview*
A Satire of Two Nations: Exploring Images of the Japanese in Philippine Political Cartoons
Helen Yu-Rivera
University of Hawai'i 2010
Splashed by the Saint: Ritual Reading and Islamic Sanctity in West Java
Julian Millie
Hawai'i 2009
The Stranger-Kings of Sikka
E. Douglas Lewis
KITLV 2010
 For an archive of CSEAS featured publications, please visit our shelves at Good Reads.
For more SEA-related publications, visit UH Press
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Coming Soon - CSEAS Alumni Profiles
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CSEAS Admissions
Thinking about a graduate degree in Southeast Asia? For program deadlines and updates, check out the CSEAS site>>>
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Explorations - Online
Explorations, the graduate student journal for Southeast Asian studies, is now available online>>>
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